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Hollywood Playhouse
2004 Photo from the Ken Roe collection
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1735 Vine St
Hollywood (Los Angeles) CA
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| Record #16033 |
Opened: 1927
Closed: Yes (date unknown)
Current Use: Night Club
Demolished:
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Capacity: 1178 seats
Architect(s): HL Gogerty & Weyl
Architectural Style(s): Spanish Colonial
National Register:
Current Organ: none |
| Also Known As: El Capitan |
Information for this tour was contributed by Ken Roe & William French Jr. This theater opened as the Hollywood Playhouse, a legitimate theatre. It later became a radio studio theatre and was renamed "El Capitan" in 1942 (when the original El Capitan Theatre on Hollywood Boulevard was renamed Paramount). It later went back to radio studio theatre use, eventually becoming the Hollywood Palace nightclub from 1980.
This is the place that was converted not only into a radio studio, put this is where many of the greatest TV shows in history were filmed. From Texaco Star Theatre to This Is Your Life and finally The Hollywood Palace, the Hollywood Playhouse is truely a major piece of American History. Photos
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2004 photos from the Ken Roe collection.
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Last featured 6/12/2005. Last edited 3/6/2010.
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